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Airframe Details for F-35 #AA-1

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Aircraft: AA-1
LM Aero T/V AA-1
Plant LMTAS
Local C/N
Delivered USAF AA-1
F-35A
Current USAF AA-1
F-35A
Status [sto]
Next aircraft was to be AA-2 etc, but this was changed and the next aircraft series became AF-1, AF-2 etc. So AA-1 is a unique construction number.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] AA-1 F-35A
First flight on December 15th, 2006 by test pilot Jon Beesley.
01 Oct 2008 [act] AA-1 USAF 461 FLTS F-35A
Aircraft spent three weeks at Edwards AFB, California.
24 Oct 2008 [act] AA-1 F-35A
Dec 2009 [i/a] AA-1 F-35A
Parked at NAS China Lake after its 91st sortie. Used as a live-fire target.
Feb 2012 [sto] AA-1 F-35A
Stored with Lockheed? Fort Worth?


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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